Rocheport, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Katy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65279. It stands on McGill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rocheport quadrangle. 201 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 614 feet above sea level.
On record in Rocheport
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Moses U. Payne Houselisted 1994
Rocheportlisted 1976
Population over time
2 figuresRocheport fell from 239 to 201 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 239 | |
| 2020 | 201 | -38 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1888 USGS Boonville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Rocheport quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Rocheport between 1999 and 2020, burning about 31 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251266-02732-08242020-1755 |
| 15 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251263-02732-08152020-1050 |
| 15 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 251264-02732-08152020-1050 |
| 4 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge | RAILROAD FIREWORKS |
| 26 July 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 14 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge | I70 DITCH |
| 11 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 178946-02732-06112019-1315 |
| 6 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 176929-02732-05062018-1109 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Rocheport: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rocheport in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rocheport | $12,000 | A barn was demolished in the Rocheport area with debris spread out 200 yards wide. Several large trees, approaching three feet in diameter, were also snapped off from near Rocheport to west of Columbia. Reported by the Columbia Emergency Operations Center. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rocheport | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees, causing Highway BB to be blocked near Rocheport. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Rocheport | - | Up to three inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded. About a foot and a half of water was over Paris Road near Brown Station Road. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Rocheport | - | Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including East Small Lane, off of Highway VV north of Columbia. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Rocheport | - | Up to three inches of rain fell onto already saturated soils causing flash flooding. Numerous roads were flooded including Providence Road and Rangeline Road. |
| April 2014 | Flash Flood | Rocheport | - | Up to four inches of rain fell in a short amount of time causing flash flooding. Several roads were closed due to water over the roadways in the south half of Boone County. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rocheport | - | A storm spotters 60 mph wind gusts. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rocheport | - | A large tree fell onto a mobile home, causing moderate damage. No injuries were reported. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rocheport | - | The County Sheriff reported 1 to 1 1/2 foot diameter trees blown down in Rocheport. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Rocheport | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Rocheport | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Hail | Rocheport | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Rocheport | - | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Flood | Rocheport | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Rocheport | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Rocheport | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thralls Prairie (historical) | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Wilhite (historical) | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lexington (historical) | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Midway | 6.1 miles | 22 | |
| Huntsdale | 6.8 miles | 22 | |
| Stapletown (historical) | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Woodlandville | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Everett (historical) | 7.7 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Rocheport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2604677 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 725426. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







